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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ansible-playbook</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="./docbook-xsl.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="refentry" title="ansible-playbook" lang="en"><a id="id474207"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ansible-playbook — run an ansible playbook</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><a id="_synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><p>ansible-playbook &lt;filename.yml&gt; … [options]</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a id="_description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><span class="strong"><strong>Ansible playbooks</strong></span> are a configuration and multinode deployment
system.  Ansible-playbook is the tool used to run them.  See the
project home page (link below) for more information.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="ARGUMENTS"><a id="_arguments"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>filename.yml</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="OPTIONS"><a id="_options"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-i</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--inventory=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
The <span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span> to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>/etc/ansible/hosts</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-M</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-path=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
The <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span> to load modules from. The default is <span class="emphasis"><em>/usr/share/ansible</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-f</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--forks=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Level of parallelism. <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> is specified as an integer, the default is 5.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-k</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--ask-pass</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-T</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--timeout=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in <span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="ENVIRONMENT"><a id="_environment"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><p>The following environment variables may specified.</p><p>ANSIBLE_HOSTS  — Override the default ansible hosts file</p><p>ANSIBLE_LIBRARY — Override the default ansible module library path</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="AUTHOR"><a id="_author"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file
for a complete list of contributors.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="COPYRIGHT"><a id="_copyright"></a><h2>COPYRIGHT</h2><p>Copyright © 2012, Michael DeHaan</p><p>Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="SEE ALSO"><a id="_see_also"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><span class="strong"><strong>ansible</strong></span>(1)</p><p>Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info
is available on the ansible home page: <a class="ulink" href="https://ansible.github.com/" target="_top">https://ansible.github.com/</a></p></div></div></body></html>
